Improvement in registering-machines



C. M. CADY.

Registering Machine.

Patented Juiy 27,1875.

No.l65,98l.

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WITNESSES K W ATTORNEY N PETERS. FHDTO-LITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. n c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COLLINS M. OADY, OF PENINSULA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN REGISTERING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,98 1, dated July27, 1875 application filed January 11, 1875.

To all whom itmay concern: and tallies one for every tooth as it is re-Be it known that I, OoLLINs M. OADY, of volved. H is a forked plate,pivoted to the Peninsula, in the county of Summit and State case, whichpasses up between the ratchet of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImwheels. I is the fork. J is a disk, attached provement inTallying-Machine, of which the eccentrioally to the central post K. Therim following is a specification: or periphery of this eccentric bearsagainst This invention relates to the construction the inner sides ofthe fork I, and oscillates the of machines for tallying weights andnumbers plate H, and at every revolution of the inner and for allsimilar purposes 5 and consists in ratchet it throws the pawl F (whichis attached the construction and arrangement of parts to one arm of theforked plate I) into commuhereinai'ter described and claimed. nicationwith the outer ratchet-wheel L, and Figure l is a side view, and Fig. 2is a front turns that wheel one tooth. The movement view, of themachine. Fig. 3is adetail, showof the ratchet is indicated on the dial,one ing the back ratchet and pawl, the eccentric hand foreach ratchet,one being carried by and forked lever or yoke. thecentral post, and theother hand by the eimilar letters of reference indicate correouterratchet. Theinner hand indicates units spondin g parts. and the outerhand tens, hundreds, or thous- A represents a frame-work or casing forands, as there may be more than two ratchets adapting the device totallying numbersas, and eccentrics, so that any required number forinstance, measures of grain from the may be indicated on the dial. Theback mothrashing-machine, measures of coal in loadv tion of the lever isproduced by the spring m. ing and unloading vessels or cars; but this iThis spring may be located in any other place casing may be of any formto adapt it for to produce the same effects. other purposes-401'instance, numbering the The advantages to be derived from the userevolutions of shafting or axles to determine of this tallying-machineare many, and must their speed, or the revolution of the paddlebeobvious to all. wheels of steam-boats, and for all similar pur- 1 Havingthus described my invention, what poses. Bis a lever, whose fulcrum isat O, 3 I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lethaving on its end thestub D, upon which the ters Patent, is measure is placed to depress thatend of the In a tallying-machine, the combination of lever. The otherend of the lever operates the i the swinging lever B, connecting-bar F,pawls pawl E by means of the connecting-bar F. E F, ratchet-wheels g I,forked pivoted plate The tallying mechanism consists of two ratch- H,eccentric J and arbor K, all constructed et-wheels, a forked plate, aneccentric, a dial, and relatively arranged as herein set forth. andhands, and a central post, with which post the'innerratchet-wheel andeccentric and COLLINS M. OADY. unit-hand revolve. g is the innerratchet, which is operated by'the pawl E. This ratchet has twenty (orany other number of teeth,

Witnesses:

MERRILL BooDEY, J onGEN PETERSEN.

